FORMER England captain John Terry took time to visit the new headquarters of the Harry Moseley charity on the anniversary of the inspirational 11-year-old’s death.

The Chelsea defender travelled from his Surrey home yesterday and spent two-and-a-half hours with Harry’s family at the Help Harry Help Others charity base in Yardley.

The star, who is an ambassador for charity, dropped in just days after being found guilty by the FA of racially abusing QPR player Anton Ferdinand in a Premiership match in 2009.

Harry’s mum Georgina said the former England captain, who reached 78 caps before his retirement from the international game last month, had been a big supporter of Harry and the charity.

She said: “He didn’t want a crowd or any PR, it was very personal for him to pay his respects to Harry and the family. We were very touched he drove all the way to Yardley.

“He’s always on the phone to me and that means a lot.

He met Harry last year and since then he stayed in touch and he’s been a great support.”

Terry helped make the bracelets made famous by inspirational Harry who died following a long battle with cancer on October 8 last year.

He is one of a string of celebrities, including Gary Lineker and business tycoon Duncan Bannatyne, who met Harry and threw their support behind his fundraising efforts which included raising over £600,000 for Cancer Research UK.

Georgina, who has worked tirelessly to build up Harry’s legacy, said the star’s visit in the anniversary of Harry’s death was especially poignant.

“It’s still very raw so it was nice to mark the day in some special way.

“We’re all taking the week off now to spend some time as a family dealing with things.

“We haven’t had the time to grieve because we’ve ploughed out lives into the charity.

“We’ve done that because it’s so hard we don’t want other families going through what we’ve gone through.

“We’re taking a week off to get to grips with how we feel and then we’ll carry on building Harry’s legacy.”

Messages were posted through the day on Twitter marking the anniversary of Harry’s death and paying tribute to the inspirational youngster.